Interdisciplinary Perspectives on European Integration
This course offers an interdisciplinary exploration of European integration through the perspectives of history, political science, International Relations, and social psychology. It examines the European Union as an identity and political project while situating it within alternative and complementary regional cooperation frameworks, particularly the Visegrad (V4) and Nordic models.
The course aims to investigate how different historical trajectories, geopolitical contexts, identity constructions, and political cultures shape diverse relational paths across Europe. By combining different disciplinary analyses, the program provides students with a multi-level understanding of integration processes and regional cooperation dynamics.
The course is designed as a flexible blended learning program structured into four discipline-specific sessions, each delivered by an expert in the field. Each session has a duration of 90 minutes and follows a coherent intellectual progression in the following sequence:
The full course content is available on the Moodle platform upon registration. Please prepare for each session by reviewing the corresponding Moodle materials.
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Country Expert and Senior Research Associate at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies and Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. His research focuses on Russian and Chinese geoeconomic influence in Central and South-Eastern Europe, Western Balkans' EU accession prospects, and Soviet/Russian dissent.
Professor in Nordic Studies and Director of Centre for Nordic Studies (CENS). His research interests include image studies of the Nordic Region, regionalisms, minorities and identity politics, the cultural history of the Nordic Welfare State, and the dynamics of Nordic cooperation.
Associate Professor of Social and Conservation Psychology at Nicolaus Copernicus University, and Vice-Dean for Research at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences. His research investigates pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours, linking them to political ideology, religion, social identity, and national narcissism.
Assistant Professor of Social and Conservation Psychology at Nicolaus Copernicus University. His research focuses on collective memory, justice and identity. He is currently researching the need for historical significance.
Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science, University of Prešov (Slovakia). His research mainly concentrates on the relationship between the church and state during WWII, the Holocaust and issues of totalitarianism, as well as border studies, elections and public administration.
Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Pécs and Head of the Narrative Psychology Research Group. Her research focuses on collective memory and the narrative psychological approach to individual and group identity.
Full Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Pécs, and Head of the International Directorate. Africa researcher and international relations expert, Director of the Africa Research Centre at the University of Pécs. His research focuses on North–South relations and the global transnational, interpolar system, examined through an interdisciplinary approach.
Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Pécs. His research focuses on the challenges facing the People's Republic of China in the 21st century and Chinese foreign policy.
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